"I'm worried?" Sang Huaizhou almost gritted his teeth as he uttered those words.
"You should be most worried about yourself."
"He dared to cheat you like that last time, and he can do it again this time."
Jiang Yan hadn't been planning to speak yet, but after hearing Sang Huaizhou's "slander," she finally decided to speak up for herself, "Whether you believe it or not, it was indeed an accident last time."
He was indeed annoyed by Cen Yu's words and wanted to teach him a small lesson, but he only wanted to make him make a small mistake, such as shooting in the opposite direction when raising his foot or hand to shoot.
But he never intended for Cen Yu to get hurt.
This matter was neither a big deal nor a small one. Perhaps because he was a genius freshman in the mecha department, he specifically requested a reinvestigation afterward, which revealed that Cen Yu's mecha had malfunctioned long before.
His petty revenge eventually triggered a chain reaction with these malfunctions, which led to Cen Yu's injury during the mecha class.
...The problem is that the mecha classes use standard-issue mechas, precisely to eliminate performance differences caused by financial disparities.
When there are no classes, these mechs are simply placed in a designated area.
After each course, they would readjust and repair it, so why was it that only the mecha that Cen Yu received had this malfunction?
His mentor even said that it was fortunate that the problem only occurred in a school course... If it had occurred in a subsequent real-world training course, the mecha would very likely have fallen from mid-air if it had malfunctioned like that.
Even though Alphas have physical constitutions that are different from ordinary people, it is still hard to say what the consequences would be if they fell from a great height.
He apologized to Cen Yu simply because his actions had indeed caused her harm.
"Why didn't you say so before?" Sang Huaizhou, contrary to his usual behavior, suddenly became a protective mother hen, seemingly not believing Jiang Yan's words at all.
—I didn't expect Sang Huaizhou to be such a decent person?
This idea suddenly popped into Cen Yu's head.
What do you call this? The awareness of Imperial Military Academy students? Even if they disliked Cen Yu before, they would still defend their classmates when faced with such a major event.
However, if Sang Huaizhou knew what Cen Yu was thinking at this moment, he would probably just grit his teeth and say, "Idiot."
"I didn't say it before because I didn't want my senior to think I was making excuses." Jiang Yan didn't look at Sang Huaizhou at all, but only stared at Cen Yu as he explained.
For a mech pilot like him who had already been recruited by the Fifth Legion, the fact that Sang Huaizhou was a high-ranking nobleman had no effect on him.
"Did you check any other mechs after that?" Lan Yao asked suddenly as he watched from the side.
Jiang Yan initially wanted to say that this was a secret of the mecha department, but then he thought that this matter was indeed strange, so he nodded and said, "The other mechas are all normal."
At this moment, Wen Xihe had finished washing up and came out of the bathroom. He was wrapped in a bath towel and was using another towel to dry his hair.
"I don't think it's a coincidence." Wen Xihe threw the towel she had used to dry her hair into the old laundry basket.
He was only wearing a bath towel at the time, and when he saw the crowd, he did not try to avoid them. He simply turned around and took out a T-shirt to put on.
Seeing that he was about to untie his towel, Cen Yu immediately shouted—
"Go inside and change your clothes!"
"?" Wen Xi was puzzled.
He untied the towel, revealing his boxer shorts underneath, and then casually took out his trousers and put them on.
"Are you nobles all this particular about changing clothes?" Wen Xihe threw the other bath towel into the old clothes basket as well.
Lan Yao wasn't surprised that the other party had overheard their conversation. Alphas have amazing perception in all aspects, and given the distance in the room, and the fact that they hadn't deliberately lowered their voices, it would have been difficult for Wen Xi not to hear them.
Of the five people present, only Lan Yao and Sang Huaizhou were of noble birth.
The Cen Yu family is just a third-rate family in Xingdu. As for the other two people, one comes from a garbage planet and the other comes from a remote planet. Neither of them has any connection with nobility.
Lan Yao did not think that Wen Xihe was referring to him and Sang Huaizhou.
After discovering the other party's little secret... he realized that Wen Xi's subtle attitude was, in short, similar to the thoughts of some people in the Black Mud District.
"Anyway, I won't change clothes in front of people!" Cen Yu immediately retorted.
Sure enough, Lan Yao thought.
"Didn't you dream of joining the Fifth Legion?" Wen Xi said calmly. "That place doesn't have a separate room for you to change clothes, young master."
"In the first year, everyone had to live in a dormitory."
He looked Cen Yu up and down. "Can you handle it?"
As soon as Jiang Yan came out, Cen Yu's attention immediately turned to the other person. "Not everyone has to sleep in a dormitory."
"The prerequisite is being able to make it onto the group roster," Wen Xihe said.
He looked at Cen Yu and asked, "Who did you offend at school?" He said this subconsciously, and after he finished speaking, everyone in the dormitory fell silent.
Then Cen Yu himself fell silent.
“...There are quite a lot.” Cen Yu said honestly.
“But the mechs are always inspected by the instructor before they are retrieved,” Jiang Yan said immediately. “And the same goes for when they are taken out again.”
Even for a behemoth like the Imperial Military Academy, it's hard to say that everyone is equipped with the latest high-end mechs.
The AII-32 model used for training on campus is the same model that was mass-produced 5 years ago.
After repeated training and use, the wear and tear was exaggerated, just as Jiang Yan said, and it was inspected again before each time it was taken out.
Therefore, there are only two possibilities regarding Cen Yu's situation—
The teacher did not check carefully.
Or perhaps the person who wanted to assassinate him had higher authority.
No one will say this out loud, but everyone has thought of it.
Cen Yu recalled the news the school doctor had specifically told him: the son of the Federal Marshal would be transferring to the combat department, and even hinted at and encouraged him, an arrogant and dim-witted Alpha, to pursue the other party...
Even if it's just his irrational personal behavior, it can easily cause a lot of disputes.
Furthermore, who knows what a foolish and easily swayed Alpha might do?
The other four, though unaware of the school doctor incident, were also puzzled as to who would scheme against Cen Yu.
Although Cen Yu offended many people on campus, it was just because he was sharp-tongued. In reality, he didn't seem to have any enemies who wanted to kill him.
Many people's attitudes are similar to those of people who visit high-rise buildings in the Black Mud District, reflecting a somewhat neurotic and entertaining mindset.
“…What if this mech encounters an accident on the planet used for the training exercise?” Sang Huaizhou said.
"That place is full of mountains, jungles, and simulated terrain suitable for the Zerg."
Wen Xihe was referring to a planet specifically designed by the Imperial Military Academy to simulate various extreme environments, ensuring that they would have a quick way to deal with special terrains and environments when they went to the battlefield.
“If he falls here,” Wen Xihe glanced at Cen Yu’s leg, “he’ll probably be bedridden for the rest of his life.”
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